Fort Ticonderoga is offering history buffs, gardeners, or the intellectually curious a series of events to stave off cabin fever and the winter blues. The fort has announced this year’s line-up for its Fort Fever Series, which runs from January through April. The programs are offered once a month by Fort Ticonderoga staff and take [...]
a few outtakes from my maple excursion
Welcome to the blog. Here I am out with Matt Rathbun from Rathbun’s Maple Sugar House in North Granville – the sugar house is located there; we’re in Hartford. I’m out of breath from stomping around in the woods. Despite the snowshoes getting around was not easy and as it had been some time since I’d [...]
Husband makes tracks for wife’s happy trails
Breaking trail for his Valentine for 25 years Cross-country skiing can be difficult when the snow is deep, like this winter. The narrow skis sometimes founder in the light powdery fluff that has fallen across Granville so many times this year, making it tough going for anyone who wants to ski someplace other than the [...]
O Christmas tree
Tree, the holidays and other things I did decide to put up a tree – totally worth it; there’s just something nice about sitting around near the lights of a Christmas tree. When I heard about the thing Schoony was doing with the trees that cemented it for me, the price was right and it [...]







VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]